Is BDRShield or Nasuni better?

Neither clearly leads. BDRShield starts at On request and Nasuni at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, BDRShield or Nasuni?

BDRShield starts at On request and Nasuni at On request.

Does BDRShield or Nasuni run on more platforms?

BDRShield runs on Windows, Linux, Web. Nasuni runs on Web, Windows, VMware, Hyper-V, AWS, Azure.

What is BDRShield best used for?

BDRShield is most often used for a managed service provider whose margins do not survive datto or veeam per-endpoint pricing, an organisation running proxmox ve that finds the major backup vendors do not support it properly, a small business needing virtual machine, server, endpoint and microsoft 365 backup from one console, a company wanting backup data in its own cloud bucket rather than a vendor-controlled repository. Of those, a managed service provider whose margins do not survive datto or veeam per-endpoint pricing and an organisation running proxmox ve that finds the major backup vendors do not support it properly are not what Nasuni is typically brought in for.

What can BDRShield do that Nasuni cannot?

BDRShield covers Agentless VM backup, Proxmox support, SaaS backup, Hybrid storage. Nasuni covers Edge caching appliances, Object storage back end, Continuous versioning, Global file lock.

Backup · head to head

BDRShield vs Nasuni

BDRShield

Backup

Low-cost backup for virtual machines, servers, endpoints and SaaS from Vembu

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

Nasuni

File Storage

Cloud file storage that keeps the authoritative copy in object storage and caches it at each site

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Each has a real cost: BDRShield published per-workload pricing has been replaced by a custom quote form, so the cost transparency that was a main reason to shortlist it no longer exists and you must go through sales.; Nasuni subscription is based on managed capacity, so cold data that would cost almost nothing in an archive tier keeps paying the full platform rate, and there is limited incentive structure to delete.
They diverge on capability: BDRShield covers Agentless VM backup, Nasuni covers Edge caching appliances.
Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which BDRShield and Nasuni actually diverge.

Attributes where BDRShield and Nasuni differ
Attribute	BDRShield	Nasuni
Platforms	Windows, Linux, Web	Web, Windows, VMware, Hyper-V, AWS, Azure
Category	Backup	File Storage

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in BDRShield

Agentless VM backup
Proxmox support
SaaS backup
Hybrid storage
Cloud or on-premises console
MSP multi-tenancy

Only in Nasuni

Edge caching appliances
Object storage back end
Continuous versioning
Global file lock
Rapid site recovery
Ransomware detection

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

BDRShield

A managed service provider whose margins do not survive Datto or Veeam per-endpoint pricingnot Nasuni
An organisation running Proxmox VE that finds the major backup vendors do not support it properlynot Nasuni
A small business needing virtual machine, server, endpoint and Microsoft 365 backup from one consolenot Nasuni
A company wanting backup data in its own cloud bucket rather than a vendor-controlled repositorynot Nasuni

Nasuni

Consolidating file servers across many branch offices onto one namespace without shipping data between sitesnot BDRShield
Replacing a NAS plus backup plus offsite replication stack with a single recovery modelnot BDRShield
Engineering or media teams in different regions who need to work on the same large project filesnot BDRShield
An organisation that has been hit by ransomware on file shares and needs version level rollback rather than tape restoresnot BDRShield

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

BDRShield

Published per-workload pricing has been replaced by a custom quote form, so the cost transparency that was a main reason to shortlist it no longer exists and you must go through sales.
The product was renamed from BDRSuite to BDRShield, so documentation, forum answers and third-party reviews are split across two names and searching for help is harder than it should be.
Recovery orchestration and instant recovery performance trail Veeam and Rubrik, which is invisible in an evaluation and expensive during an actual outage.
Support is priced to match the low licence cost, and complex escalations move more slowly than customers used to premium vendors expect.
The integration ecosystem is thin compared with the incumbents, so monitoring, ticketing and professional services automation tool connections are limited for MSPs running mature stacks.

Nasuni

Subscription is based on managed capacity, so cold data that would cost almost nothing in an archive tier keeps paying the full platform rate, and there is limited incentive structure to delete.
Every site needs an appliance, virtual or physical, which is a footprint and a patching obligation at locations that previously had only a file server or nothing.
A read that misses the local cache is fetched from object storage, so the first access to a cold large file is at cloud latency and users experience it as the system being slow at random.
Global file lock serialises access across regions, so genuinely collaborative editing of the same large files still involves waiting for another site to release the lock rather than merging.
The object storage underneath is your contract, so API transaction and egress charges from Azure or AWS land on your cloud bill and are not covered by the Nasuni subscription you were quoted against.

Pricing, plan by plan

BDRShield

On request

BDRShield$undefined/year
- Per-workload licensing quoted through a custom quote form
- Separate licensing tracks for MSPs and for end-user organisations
- Free 30-day trial with full feature access

Nasuni

On request

Nasuni File Data Platform$undefined/year
- Subscription based on managed capacity
- Edge appliances at each site
- Continuous versioning and rapid recovery

Which should you pick?

Choose BDRShield if

You need agentless vm backup.
You work on Windows, Linux, Web.
You also want proxmox support.

BDRShield review

Choose Nasuni if

You need edge caching appliances.
You work on Web, Windows, VMware, Hyper-V, AWS, Azure.
You also want object storage back end.

Nasuni review

Questions people ask

Is BDRShield or Nasuni better?: Neither clearly leads. BDRShield starts at On request and Nasuni at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, BDRShield or Nasuni?: BDRShield starts at On request and Nasuni at On request.
Does BDRShield or Nasuni run on more platforms?: BDRShield runs on Windows, Linux, Web. Nasuni runs on Web, Windows, VMware, Hyper-V, AWS, Azure.
What is BDRShield best used for?: BDRShield is most often used for a managed service provider whose margins do not survive datto or veeam per-endpoint pricing, an organisation running proxmox ve that finds the major backup vendors do not support it properly, a small business needing virtual machine, server, endpoint and microsoft 365 backup from one console, a company wanting backup data in its own cloud bucket rather than a vendor-controlled repository. Of those, a managed service provider whose margins do not survive datto or veeam per-endpoint pricing and an organisation running proxmox ve that finds the major backup vendors do not support it properly are not what Nasuni is typically brought in for.
What can BDRShield do that Nasuni cannot?: BDRShield covers Agentless VM backup, Proxmox support, SaaS backup, Hybrid storage. Nasuni covers Edge caching appliances, Object storage back end, Continuous versioning, Global file lock.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

BDRShield: Is BDRSuite the same product?

Yes. BDRSuite was renamed BDRShield, and bdrsuite.com now redirects to bdrshield.com. Same company, Vembu Technologies.

Nasuni: Do I still need a backup product?

That is the pitch: continuous versioning in object storage replaces the backup schedule for file data. Databases and virtual machines still need their own tooling.

BDRShield: Is pricing published?

Not any more. The pricing page now routes to a custom quote form for both MSPs and end-user organisations, despite marketing that emphasises a few dollars per workload.

Nasuni: Who owns the storage account?

You do. Nasuni writes into object storage you contract for, which also means the cloud provider bills you directly for it.

BDRShield: Does it back up Proxmox?

Yes, agentlessly, which is a genuine reason to shortlist it since several larger vendors support Proxmox poorly or not at all.

Nasuni: How fast is recovery of a whole site?

An appliance can be serving files within hours because data is pulled on demand, but performance stays degraded while the cache refills.

Nasuni: Is pricing published?

No. Nasuni sells through quotes based on managed capacity and site count, so comparisons need a real proposal rather than a list price.

BDRShield vs Nasuni

BDRShield

Nasuni

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in BDRShield

Only in Nasuni

What people use each for

BDRShield

Nasuni

Where each one falls short

BDRShield

Nasuni

Pricing, plan by plan

BDRShield

Nasuni

Which should you pick?

Choose BDRShield if

Choose Nasuni if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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